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WILLIAM H. HEILIGER, OF BRAZIL, INDIANA.

l WHIP-LOCK.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be' it` known that I, WILLIAM H. HEILIGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brazil, in the county of Clay, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in whip locks.

The object of my invention is, to provide a whip socket arranged to be attached to the dash board of a wagon or carriage, so that when desired the whip may be securely locked within the socket, the Whip however, being so held that the same may be instantly released by means of a key, as Will be described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows an elevation of a whip lock constructed according to my invention. Fig.. 2 shows a central sectional view. Fig. 3 shows a detached detail of the plunger. Fig. 4 shows a face view of the lock housing. Fig. 5 shows an elevation with portions removed, and Fig. 6 a top view of my whip lock.

The aim of my invention is to provide a whip lock in which the factors of neatness, simplicity of design and durability of construction have been kept in view, the whip socket being so arranged that when the driver desires to leave the vehicle without taking the whip with him he can securely lock the same within the socket.

In carrying out the obj ect of my invention, I provide a whi socket 10, of any conventional form an provided with the usual drain opening 9 within the bottom. At a suitable point this whip socket has a portion removed to form a seat 11 within which is held a lock housing 12. By means of a stop plate 13, the housing is secured at the upper end While at its lower end the housing is supported upon the lateral projection 15., the

l ousing being removably held by means of the screws 14. As shown at l16 the whi socket is provided with a slot through whic the upper whip en aging lip 17 extends, this lip forming part o a yieldingly held arm 18 secured within the whip seat 11 by means of the screw 19.

The housing 12 is provided with a longitudinally disposed channel 20 within which is slidably held the plunger 217 this plunger being provided with a plurality of threaded openings 23 to adjustably receive the operating pin 24 provided with the enlarged head 25 by means of which the pin and the connected plunger are operated. Near its upper end this plunger 21 is provided with the seats 26 oppositely positioned as shown in Fig. 3. The plunger 21 is of a length less ythan the channel 20 and resting upon the upper end of the plunger and against the stop plate 13 is the protractile spring 29 so that this plunger is normally forced into a downward position as disclosed in Fi 2.

As shown in Fig. 5 the housmg 12 is recessed and held within this recess 30 are the two inwardly extendin spring jaws 32, these jaws being adapted to nd engagement within the seats 26 when the plunger is carried in an upward direction.

In referring to Fig. 2 it will be noticed that the maj or portion or intermediate portion of the yieldingly held arm 18 is obliquely held within the plunger housing and that the op erating pin 24 is in en agement with this outwardly extending or o liquely held portion of the arm 18.

In referring to Fig. 6 it will be noticed that the whip engaging lip 17 projects into the whip socket, this view disclosing the position of the whip engaging' lip 17 when locked. Now when it is desired to lock a whip within the socket the operator simply gras s the protruding head 25 and carries the p unger upward against the tension of the spring 29 so that the sprin jaws 32 will engage within the seats 26, as sclosed in Fig. 5. Now as the stem 25 is carried upward it engages the outwardly bent or obli ue portion of the yieldingly held arm 18 to orce the lip 17 outward to iirmly grip and lock the whip stock to securely hold the same within the socket.

As all whip stocks are not of like size if it is found that the lip 17 does not engage the whip stock firmly enough, the operator simply removes the operating pin 24 from within its seating and carries the pin upward into the next seating which will insure the pin being brought up further towards the moving end of the arm 18.

Positioned above the slot 36 within which the operating in slides is the key hole 35, this key hole Ibeing proximal to the upper ends of the s ring jaws 32. Now, when it is desired to refease the locking mechanism the operator inserts a key 37 the end of which is stopped against the plunger 2l and then4 turns the key so that the wings 38 of the key will engage the jaws forcing them outward and permitting the spring 29 to force the plunger downward into normal unlocked osition. As the pin 24 descends, the yielldingly held arm 18 flies back into its normal position.

And having thus described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent is- A slotted whip socket having in combi nation, a yieldingly held arm having an obliquely held portion and a whip engaging lip extending through said slot, said arm being secured to said socket, a housing provided with a plunger channel and a key and pin slot, a perforated and seat-provided spring pressed plunger within said channel, spring jaws within said housing adapted to engage within said plunger seats, an operating stem projecting through said slot and removably held within one of said pcrforations, said stem riding upon said oblique arin portion,

and a key for engagement with said spring` 

